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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Developer - **Company:** Hamilton Jones Consulting - **Location:** Ellesmere Port, UK (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £55,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, App Store (IOS), Mobile Application Development, Cloud Computing, Static Program Analysis, Code Review, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Laravel, MySQL, PHP Development, Release Management, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Swiftui, Ios Frameworks, Git, Restful APIs, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** September 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5884535658 ## About the Role * Strong commercial Laravel and PHP development experience * Experience supporting applications relied upon by users in a live operational environment * Demonstrable ownership of change control, release management or software-delivery processes * Practical application-security knowledge, including secure code review, dependency management and secrets hygiene * Confidence using Git, CI/CD pipelines and cloud-hosted deployment environments * AWS experience, ideally * The ability to manage parallel workstreams and communicate progress honestly * Clear written and verbal communication skills * Sound judgement when balancing immediate operational requirements against longer-term technical considerations * Experience using AI-assisted coding tools * iOS development experience using Swift or SwiftUI * App Store release experience * A recognised security, development or delivery qualification * Experience within a multi-site operating environment * Experience introducing greater structure and consistency into a growing development team * Software development: 3 years * Ability to commute/relocate to Chester, Cheshire or plan to relocate before starting work * Work authorisation in the United Kingdom, We are recruiting a Senior Software Developer for an established, growing business. This is a hands-on development role with a broader remit than a typical senior developer position, combining business-critical application development with improvements to how software changes are planned, reviewed, secured and released. You will join a small, capable software team and report to the Director of IT in a collaborative, pragmatic environment with considerable scope to influence development standards as the team and technology estate grow. The role is split approximately across 50% hands-on development, 30% delivery, change control and governance, and 20% secure development. The working environment has minimal bureaucracy and values straightforward communication, reliable engineering and solutions that work effectively for operational users. We offer a salary from £55,000 per year and benefits including casual dress, company events, company pension, discounted or free food, employee ## Description * Build, improve and maintain Laravel applications used across the business * Work with PHP, Laravel, MySQL, REST APIs and AWS services * Contribute to mobile development where your experience allows * Deliver reliable, maintainable and well-documented solutions * Develop and improve change control and release processes * Maintain clear records of what has been released, why it changed and how it can be rolled back * Use code reviews as an effective quality control process * Improve branching, deployment and environment-management practices * Help ensure releases are controlled, predictable and production-safe * Coordinate several products and workstreams simultaneously * Identify blockers, risks and potential delays at an early stage * Translate requests from operational and commercial teams into clearly scoped and sequenced development work * Provide straightforward progress updates to non-technical stakeholders * Maintain documentation so that work can be understood and continued by others * Establish practical secure-coding standards, checklists and review criteria * Introduce appropriate dependency scanning, static analysis, secrets management and pipeline controls * Support proportionate threat modelling for new development * Coordinate vulnerability assessment and remediation * Work closely with the wider IT and cyber security function * Help the development team adopt security standards as part of its everyday work Technologies: * AI * AWS * CI/CD * Cloud * Git * Support * Laravel * Mobile * MySQL * PHP * REST * Security * Swift * iOS ## Related Videos - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [MySQL Protocol Features You Should Be Aware Of](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100267-mysql-protocol-features-you-should-be-aware-of) - [From Zero to Mobile Developer in 45 Minutes With SwiftUI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/183-from-zero-to-mobile-developer-in-45-minutes-with-swiftui) - [Branch your database like your code: How schema changes and pull requests go hand in hand](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/350-branch-your-database-like-your-code-how-schema-changes-and-pull-requests-go-hand-in-hand) - [Coding for Good: Achieving social change with an app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1645-coding-for-good-achieving-social-change-with-an-app) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Frontend Developer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/233-frontend-developer-salary-in-the-uk) - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)